abasic

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /eɪˈbeɪ.sɪk/

Etymology 1

From abasia +‎ -ic (“having the nature of”).

Adjective

abasic (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Of, pertaining to or caused by abasia.
2. (biochemistry, of a site in a DNA molecule) That has neither a purine nor a pyrimidine base.

Translations

of, pertaining to or caused by abasia

• Dutch: met abasie, door abasie
• Finnish: kävelykyvytön, abaattinen
• Galician: abásico (gl)
• Portuguese: abásico

Etymology 2

From a- +‎ basic.

Adjective

abasic (not comparable)

1. (genetics, biochemistry) Missing a nucleotide base

Derived terms

• abasically

Anagrams

• Sabaic